A citizen's guide to the federal budget

Office Of Management And Budget

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• Publié par: sophie22
• Nombre de lectures: 183
• Langue: English

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Table of Contents

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A Note to the Read.er...................iii 1. WhatIsthe Budget.?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Where the Money Comes Fr — W dnerehtI aom Goes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Revenue.s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Spending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 “On” and “Off” Budge. t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.How Does the Government Create a Bu.dg.et?15 The President’s Bud.g.et............................15 Action in Congres.s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Monitoring the Budg.e.t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.The Budget Surplus and Fiscal Disci.pl.in.e..19 Why a Budget Surplus is Impor.t.an.t...................22 Surplus and De.b.t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5.The President’s 2002 Bud.g.et...........25 Thematic Highlights of President Bush's 2002 B.u.d.g.e.t....25 The President's Policy Priorit.i.es......................26 Additional Budget Highlig.ht.s........................29 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 List of Charts and Tabl.e.s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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A Note to the Reader Next year, your Federal Government will spend $n2e.a0rltryillion. Needless to say, that’s a lot of money. In fact, that’s almost $7,000 for man, woman, and child in the country; nearly $5.4 billion per day; and a $3.7 million per minute. And most of that money comes from taxes on American people. The Government spends it on lots of t—nihosgrp nargo amslas e rg Sasliaoc Security, and on activities as small and unknown as repairs to the Nat Zoo. Together, these programs are what make up the Federal budget. How much do you know about the budget? If your answer is “not mu you’re not alone. In fact, hardly anybody knows everything that’s in thousands of pages, and several books, that make up the budget each But we know you care a lot about how the Government spends your mo That’s whyA   Citizen’s Guide to the Federal Budgweats created. Withis seventh edition, we hope to make the budget more accessible understandable. TheGuideis designed to give you a walking tour of the budget. In th pages, we will outline for you how the Government raises revenues spends money, how the President and Congress enact the budget, ho Nation has been able to move from deficit to surplus, and what the Pres hopes to accomplish with his 2002 Budget. After you read these pages, we hope that you will think the tour was your time. ThisCitizen’s Guideand other more detailed and technical 2002 Budget documents are available on the Internet. To access documents through thWeorld Wide We,b the following use address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget iii